Junior Colloquium: Contemporary Social and Political Theory
CSS 371
Spring 2010
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This colloquium examines a number of major 20th-century social and political theorists. Thinkers might include Hannah Arendt, Jurgen Habermas, John Rawls, Franz Fanon, Ludwig Von Mises, Frank Knight, Milton Friedman, and Michel Foucault. The colloquium will be framed around some central concepts of social and political analysis within their historical context. Topic areas might include human rights, the public and private sphere, human action and social structure, freedom, and the nature of politics. In addition, the colloquium will explore the various ways the social sciences have employed key concepts and have interpreted the self-understanding of social actors. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PHIL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Jack Donnelly, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Stephen C. Angle and Marina Svensson, eds., THE CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS READER
Mary Ann Glendon, A WORLD MADE NEW: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
John Rawls, THE LAW OF PEOPLES
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Examinations and Assignments:
TBA |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Prerequisites: (CSS220 AND CSS230 AND CSS240)
This course is the Junior Colloquium in the CSS, and is limited to CSS juniors. CSS juniors should obtain permission of instructor forms from the CSS office. |
| Instructor(s): Angle,Stephen Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC421; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 30 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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